Burnside TownshipMI
A town of 1,917, settled in 1866.
Is Burnside Township a good place to live?
The best of Burnside Township’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a D for walkability. Burnside Township’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, where Michigan’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 70 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on the outdoors. Burnside Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Burnside Township stand out
Where Burnside Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Burnside Township for work
Where Burnside Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Burnside Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Burnside Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Burnside Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Burnside Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Burnside Township.
Residents of Burnside Township are less healthy than 82% of U.S. towns
Burnside Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 19% of Burnside Township adults smoke cigarettes, above both Michigan’s towns (15%) and U.S. towns (14%). 16% of adults report frequent physical distress in Burnside Township.
| Burnside Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Burnside Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 19.2% | 14.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 8.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.1% | 10.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Burnside Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Burnside Township for work: only 2% work in town. 6.4% of Burnside Township residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Imlay City (9%), Sterling Heights (5%) and Marlette (4%).
| Burnside Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.4% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Burnside Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Burnside Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Burnside Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Burnside Township’s July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Burnside Township has set aside 2.7% of its land for conservation
1.4 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Burnside Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Burnside Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Burnside Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Burnside Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Burnside Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,904 at the 2020 Census.
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- Area
- 54 sq mi
- Elevation
- 837 ft
Burnside Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Burnside Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnside Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C− |
| Brown City | — | — | A+ | — | B+ | D |
| Marlette Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Goodland Township | — | — | B− | — | B | C− |
| Maple Valley Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | C− |
| Burlington Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Flynn Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Burnside Township, Brown City, Goodland Township, Maple Valley Township and Burlington Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Burnside Township, Brown City, Goodland Township, Maple Valley Township and Burlington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Marlette Township and Flynn Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Burnside Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Burnside Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Burnside Township, MI expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.